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Kamadgiri Chitrakoot – Parikrama – Temple on Kamadgiri Mountain

Chitrakoot, which is located in North India, is associated with the epic Ramayana. Kamadgiri is a mountain in Chitrakoot and is around 130 km from Allahabad. The Kamtanath Temple dedicated to Lord Ram is located here. Parikrama of the parvat is considered meritorious. Kamadgiri means the mountain that fulfills all wishes. It is worshipped, as it is associated with Bhagavan Sri Ram. A forested hill, Kamadgiri is home to numerous temples. The holy mountain has a manmade path at the base and it is used perform parikrama or circumambulation. There are number of temples on the parikrama path and the most famous is the Bharat Milap temple, where Bharat met Bhagavan Sri Ram and asked him to return to Ayodhya. But the request was declined by Bhagavan. Miracle Lake Inside Kamadgiri Mountain The most famous story associated with Kamadgiri is that the mountain is hollow from within and it contains a lake. Immortal saints and other Chirjanjeevis reside on the banks of the lake. It i

Milk Feeding Cup - Bondla – Jhinuk – Uggu Ginne – Paladai in Hindu Religion

Milk feeding cup in Hindu religion is a simple cup with an elongated snout. It is known as Bondla in Hindi, Jhinuk in Bengal, Uggu Ginne in Telugu and Paladai or Sangadai in Tamil. This was used as a substitute when breastfeeding was not possible due to various reasons. If you wish to have a healthy baby then please throw away the plastic feeding bottles and embrace the milk-feeding cup. This was invented and successfully implemented in ancient Hindu religion thousands of years before the arrival of feeding bottles. Depending on the financial status of the family, the milk-feeding cup was made out of gold, silver, copper, bronze or brass. Today, there is a renewed interest in the milk-feeding cup and even steel bondla are available in the market. In a Hindu home, bondla symbolically represented progeny and fertility. It was included among the holy items in the house. What is noteworthy is that only a few elder members of the family were allowed to handle the milk-feedin

Worst Enemy – Outward Looking Mind – How to Defeat the Enemy?

An outward looking mind is our worst enemy. Here are some tips on how to defeat the enemy. Source – Extracts from Prabuddha Bharata Magazine October 2004. Story of Four Monks Four monks decided to observe silence for a month. They started out well enough, but after the first day one monk said, ‘I wonder if I locked the door of my cell at the monastery before we set out.’ Another monk said, ‘You fool! We decided to keep silence for a month and now you have broken it.’ A third monk said, ‘What about you? You have broken it too!’ Said the fourth, ‘Thank God, I’m the only one who hasn’t spoken yet.’ The story lends itself to some reflection. Hardly does our mind let us carry out our intentions. More often than not, our resolutions remain as resolutions. Not only being unable to live up to our pious intentions, we sometimes act in an entirely opposite way, despite knowing that such a course of action will be detrimental to us. Knowing what was right but unable to follow it, a